The first satirical insert of an Italian newspaper, it was founded by
Bobo creator
Sergio Staino and followed the style of the major Italian satirical magazine
Il Male, of which it brought together numerous collaborators. Mostly consisting of cartoons and comics, among the collaborators of the magazine were
Andrea Pazienza,
Stefano Benni,
Michele Serra,
Domenico Starnone,
Gino e Michele,
Francesco Guccini,
Roberto Vecchioni,
Francesco De Gregori,
Vincino,
Altan,
Ellekappa,
Massimo Cavezzali,
Renato Calligaro,
Angese,
Enzo Lunari,
Paolo Hendel,
David Riondino, . The magazine raised several controversies, particularly with "Nattango", a cartoon depicting the then Communist secretary
Alessandro Natta naked and dancing; originally a polemical response to the
Corriere della Sera editorial cartoonist
Giorgio Forattini, who had accused the magazine of Communist propaganda and challenged it to publish a cartoon on Natta, it became a political case, with, among others, the
Italian Socialist Party leader
Bettino Craxi describing it as "inconceivable" and "cretinous and questionable humour". The magazine's original four pages doubled into eight in the early 1988. Following the death of Pazienza and the major involvement of Staino in the film
Cavalli si nasce,
Tango ended its publications on 3 October 1988. It was replaced three months later by
Cuore. ==See also==